Bridging the Gap Between Faith and Mental Health
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Both Faith and Mental Healthcare can Co-exist. That is Where Transformation and Recovery can be Found, in Jesus AND Therapy.
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From mental health advocate Tabitha Yates, Jesus and Therapy is a deeply powerful and essential exploration of mental health within the Christian community. More than just an examination—this book is a heartfelt invitation to begin crucial conversations in the church and offer hope to those who feel isolated and misunderstood.
Tabitha Yates knows firsthand the shadows that mental health struggles can cast, especially within a church setting. During a particularly dark period of her life, she found that the sanctuary she hoped would provide refuge often deepened her pain, leaving her feeling abandoned and unseen. Her own journey through depression, anxiety, and a suicide attempt has uniquely equipped her to understand and assist others who find themselves in similar situations, as well as to guide church leaders in providing meaningful support to their struggling members. Now, Yates works as a mental health advocate to combat common myths surrounding mental health and encourage unifying, healing dialogue within the Christian community.
In Jesus and Therapy: Bridging the Gap Between Faith and Mental Health, Yates combines insights from psychology, personal experience, and Scripture to offer practical steps for confronting and healing trauma. This book is a beacon for those who feel lost in their faith while grappling with mental health challenges. It provides pastors and faith leaders with the tools to approach these struggles with empathy and understanding, while additionally serving as a valuable resource for mental health professionals.
Jesus and Therapy will help readers:
- Learn how to address and counter the misconceptions that surround Christian experiences of anxiety and depression
- Find ways to address trauma and recover from the wounds inflicted by others within the faith community
- Establish healthy boundaries and navigate relationships with fellow believers
- Acknowledge that mental illness, like physical ailments, cannot always be solved with faith alone
- Discover how individuals battling mental health challenges play a crucial role in the body of Christ
- Reconnect with a God who loves and accepts you unconditionally.
Vulnerable and candid, Jesus and Therapy ignites a necessary dialogue between the faith and mental health communities, guiding readers toward healing, understanding, and a deeper, more loving relationship with God.
About Me
About Tabitha Yates
TABITHA YATES is a mental health advocate, writer, and suicide attempt survivor known as The Redeemed Mama on social media where she writes about faith, mental health, and God’s redemptive plan. She is the author of best-selling, Jesus and Therapy: Bridging the Gap between Faith and Mental Health, her debut book. Tabitha has been published in Yahoo News, MSN, Relevant Magazine, The Mighty, Love What Matters, and more. Through practical advice, personal anecdotes, and biblical insights, Tabitha has used her platform to help renew the faith of millions of individuals struggling with where their faith and mental health intersect. She lives in Southern Arizona with her family.
Jesus and Therapy
You can be a Christian and still struggle with your mental health and suicidal thoughts. You can have faith that will move mountains but still have days when you cannot move yourself out of bed. You can love Jesus with all your heart and still rely heavily on a therapist to walk you through life’s issues and traumas. You can believe that God holds the entire world in His hands but still find yourself in the middle of the mother of all panic attacks because everything feels out of control. There is a place for both faith and mental health care to coexist, and that is where transformation and recovery can be found: in Jesus and Therapy.
This thoughtful and compassionate book is for anyone who has felt like an unfit or second-class Christian
due to mental health stigmatization from the Christian community. Tabitha has written a deeply personal
story that invites the reader into the truth about oneself (valued beyond words by Jesus) and the
possibility of healing. The sections titled “Jesus and Therapy” can easily be integrated into therapy with
clients who may be struggling with their faith, painful church experiences and spiritual abuse. Tabitha is a
clear, strong voice of advocacy for mental health in the church just when it is needed most.
-Michelle Caulk, PhD, licensed counselor; Director of Clinical Experiences at Huntington University;
Master Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) Clinician; and co-author of Healing Out Loud: How to
Embrace God’s Love When You Don’t Like Yourself
“The Bible tells us that we will have trouble in life, but mental illness is something many Christians feel they should be able to overcome with faith. And when they cannot overcome it, they struggle with their belief system, which is why Tabitha’s book is so powerful. It offers a fresh and practical way to address mental illness without shame by guiding the reader to solutions to their struggles, while leaning on Jesus for their hope. Tabitha Yates' book is one that all Christians can benefit from reading, whether they have struggled with their mental health or not. Because it gives insight and understanding in how to truly love and support those struggling in a hopeful and authentic way. “-Quinn Kelly, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Host of Renew You Podcast on Air 1 & K-Love Radio
“Between her unabashed willingness to delineate the unseen depths of trauma, mental health, and faith,
and her writing that is all at once visceral, relatable, and witty; Tabitha is a true rarity. Her words are the
unspoken truths of millions.”
—Sophia San Filippo, managing editor of Love What Matters
“For those hanging on by a thread, feeling alone, and lost in the darkness of their struggles with anxiety
and depression, Tabitha can relate. She uses her story in a powerful way to throw out a rope of hope to
those in desperate need. This resource is one the church will be able to add to their libraries, small groups,
and life-changing ministries to help believers who are depressed walk their road of restoration and
healing.”
—Caris Snider, speaker, podcaster, and author of the Anxiety Elephants series and Car Line Mom: 100
Days of Encouragement
“As someone who has struggled with mental illness for most of her life, I can relate to Tabitha’s story and her words. She is vulnerable - sharing every part of her story in an authentic way - and points her readers back to the redemption that we find in Jesus. Tabitha brings awareness to her readers that they are never truly alone, that their struggles are not a reflection of their faith, and that they can find hope and healing. Tabitha genuinely has a heart for helping those who suffer and inspires her readers to step out of the dark and into the light.”
-Courtney Devich, Author of “Mommy’s Got Anxiety, but It’s Not Going to Steal her Joy”
“As a leader in a local church, I am profoundly grateful for Tabitha taking this tender and delicate subject of mental health and the church, head on. This book, told through the lens of her personal story, is desperately needed. I came to this book, eager to learn, both as someone who regularly walks with others through various battles with mental health, trauma, and abuse, and as someone who has personally wrestled with depression in seasons of my life. These insights, rooted in love and truth, will bring hope, and a way forward for many who have felt trapped in these confusing murky waters where faith and mental health battles intersect.” -Jennica Conklin, Church Planter, Pastor at The Vine Church
"In all my years of being a therapist, I've never encountered a more valuable read when it comes to addressing the myth that mental illness is due to a lack of faith in God. Tabitha Yates is brave enough to confront the limitations of the church in managing mental health issues. Her words of wisdom, unfortunately gleaned from her own traumatic experiences, have helped many of my clients who've suffered at the hands of (mostly) well-meaning church leaders. These clients found validation and freedom after learning that they were not alone in their struggle. Anxiety and depression are NOT due to a lack of faith or a sinful life, as many in the church have suggested. She says it all when she says, "It's okay to need Jesus AND a therapist." Guilt and shame are common among those with mental illness, and Tabitha hits the nail right on the head when she explains that these feelings do not come from God. She holds nothing back as she uses her own troubling past and her journey to healing as a guide to overcoming damaging messages that are handed down under the guise of religion. She ventures where few have dared to reassure her readers that God does indeed care about them and their emotional problems.”
-Jennifer Nuss, MA, LPC
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